Measuring device for garments.



No. 760,966. I PATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

Y A. DALBSSIO. MEASURING DEVICE FOR GARMENTS.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 24, 1904.

AGOSTINO DALESS'IO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEASURING DEVICE FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATIOS! forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,966, dated May 24,1904.

Application filed December 14, 1903. Serial No. 185,063. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AGOSTINO DALEssIo, a subject of the King of Italy,and a resident of the oityof New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved MeasuringDevice for Garments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a measuring device or squarehaving arbitrarily-arranged scales thereon to be read in connection withthe charting of garments for men and womens wear, which device mayconsist of a member for determining the measurements of garments for menand a member for determining the measurements of garments for women, orwherein the two members, which may be independent, are arbitrarilyconnected by links or their equivalents in a detachable manner when sodesired, so that the two members will not become separated, although onemember is used independently of the other.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which is shown a plan View of the two members ofthe device connected by links in such manner that one or the other ofthe members may be independently used.

The main member A, which is that employed in cutting garments for men,is in the form of a carpenters square, comprising a long arm 10 and ashort arm 11, and at the inner margins of these arms 10 and 11 theordinary scale a is produced in inches and fractional portions thereof.At the outer edge of the longer arm 10 of the square A, adjacent to theintersection of said arm 10 with the arm 11, a scale B is produced,reading from 18 to 48, and the numerals of the said scale express sizesin inches. This scale B is adapted for use in obtaining the measurementof the back of the neck of a body-garment. Below the scale B and at thesame edge of the longer arm 10 a scale B is produced, reading from 18 to48 also,

and from this scale B measurements are obtained between the armholes ofthe garment,

and adjacent to and parallel with the scale B- a third scale B isproduced upon the longer arm 10 of the square, extending up for adistance parallel with the scale B. This scale B which reads also from18 to 18,terminates short of the lower end of the scale B. The scale Bis used to obtain the shortline measurement across the shoulders. h erethe arm 11 of the square A connects with the arm 10, a scale C isproduced at the outer edge of the short arm 11, and this scale readsfrom 18 to 40, from which the measurement is obtained for the shoulderline of the vest. A continuation C of the scale (J, reading from 48 toA2, is located between the main scale C and the scale of inches (t. Thiscontinuation C of the scale C is opposite the lesser-member of a scaleD, which is located also at the outer edge of the shorter arm 11 of thesquare A, and the scale D is adapted to give the measurement of themiddle back of the garment. The scale D also reads from 18 to 18, but ina continuous line. Another scale E, likewise reading from 18 to 18, islocated between the scale D and the scale of inches (0 on the short arm11 of the square A, and the scale E commences at a point about midway ofthe scale D and reads nearly to the outer end of the said shorter arm11. From this scale E the measurement for the armhole-of a coat isobtained. Finally, the shorter arm 11 of the square A is provided withanother scale F, reading from 28 to 48, at the outer edge of the shorterarm 11, commencing at the terminal portion of the scale D. This scale Fis employed to obtain the measurement of the armholes of a vest.

In connection with the square A, I employ a square A, which is in asingle continuous piece, being wider at one end than at the other, andone edge of this member A is straight, while the wider and narrowerportions of said member at the opposite edge are connected by a curvedline 15. This member A of the square is especially adapted for takingmeasurements for womens coats, and it is provided near its straight edgewith a scale I00 12, expressed in inches, extending practically from oneend of the member A to the other. Near the upper edge of the widerportion of the member A, parallel with the edge at which the curvature15 is'produced, a scale Gr is formed, reading from 18 to 4:8, and fromthis scale G the measurements for the back of the neck of a jacket, forexample, are obtained. In another column, slightly removed from the edgewhere the scale G is produced, another scale G is formed, reading from"18 to 48 and extending from a point near the lower end of the scale Garound a portion of the curved line 15. From this scale G measurementsare obtained between the armholes across the shoulders. About midwaybetween the side edges of the member A another scale H is produced, alsoreading from 18 to 18. This scale H is longer than the scale G andcommences, for example, at a point opposite the numeral 36 on the scaleG and extends down nearly to the opposite end of the said member A. Fromthis scale H the short-line measurement is ob tained across theshoulders, and parallel with the scale H another scale H is produced onthe said member A, reading also from 18 to 48, and the lowest numeral 18of the scale H is located about midway between the numerals 20 and 22 ofthe scale H and extends down below the lower end of the said scale H.From this scale H the measurements for the points of the shoulders ofthe garment are obtained. Below the terminal of the scale H a scale K isproduced, reading in a reverse direction from 18 to 18, and this scale Kis at the interrupted edge of the said member A. From this scale theposition of the curves in the side and back is obtained. Below the scaleK and in longitudinal alinement therewith another scale K is produced,reading in the same direction as the scale K, also from 18 to 18. Fromthis latter scale K the measurements of the side sections of a garmentare obtained. At the wider end of the member A a transversely-arrangedscale N is produced, reading likewise from l8 to 18,and from thisscaleNthe height of the collar of the garment is obtained. At the straightedge of the said member A, opposite the scales K and K, a scale M isproduced, reading in the same direction as the scales K and K, and fromthe scale M the position of the parts at the front of thegarment at theright and the left beneath the armholes is obtained. At the same edge ofthe said member A, opposite the lower portion of the scale G, a scale Mis produced, reading also from 18 to 48 in the same direction as thescale G, and from this scale M the measurements for the middle andcenter back are obtained. Finally, a scale M is produced on the member Aat its wider end portion between the scale of inches 12 and the scale M,overlapping a portion of the scale M and extending above it, and thisscale M reads in the same direction as the scale M from 18 to 18, andfrom it the measurement is obtained from'the collar to the middle back.

The square member A and the straight member A are independently used;but these two parts are preferably adjustably connected by means ofparallel links 13, pivotally attached at their ends by suitable pins 1 1to the two members A and A. The attachments of the links 13 arepreferably so made that one member may be separated from the other whendesired; but when the two members are connected as shown-namely, by thesaid links 13one member may be employed without any interference by theconnected member.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A measuring device, comprising a member having armsof unequal length and at right angles to each other, a second member ofa single piece wider at one end than at the other and having onestraight edge, the wider portion of said member merging into thenarrower portion on a curved line, and links connecting the members, thesaid members each being provided with a scale in inches and with aplurality of scales for pointing off the lines of garments, as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

AGOSTINO DALESSIO.

Witnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNo. M. BITTER.

